Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-17
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
What the objects of the Formation of s
Union by the Butchers OF Fort
Werth Areo
Heavy Movement of Cattle to the Nation
over the Santa Fe-Stock Cat
tIe-FRt ReeVeB.

tIe-Fat Beeves.
Quite number of good hogs are being
fattene& near Fort Worth.
Butchers stock is in good supply, and
IS bringing better prices. Beeves 2t@3c;
hogs &c; sheep &c.
The movement of cattle on to the Ter
ritory range over the AtchisoH-Gult will
begin in day or two. There are 10000
head ready fer shipment now,
The horse market was rather quiet
yesterday, but several buyers are ex-
pected to arrive to-day. The stocks IN
Sort Worth are large and varied.
The demand for one and two year old
steers was somewhat light yesterday,
with offerings large. 1t would be an easy
natter to furnish 5000 head at three days.
notice.
The Texas and Pacific will be in posi-
ton to handle all cattle shipments
promptly this year. The company not
onlv has enough stock cars but has so i'm
proved the track that fast time can be
made.
Horse buyers Of the east are rapidly
learning that Fort Worth is 800 miles
nearer the purchaser than other Texas
markets, and that they save considerable
in buying here in Iessening their own
expenses.
The Cattle Grower says: "The success
of the Ell PasO Refrigerator Company
means the success of the Houston enter
mise. and that means the Inauguration of
ike enterprises in Dallas, Fort Worth and
San Antonio, and better prices for cattle
al over Texas"
-
I. II. Carhart, maeager of the Claren-
don Land Investment and Agency Com
nany, was in Fort Worth yesterday max
inc arrangements to ship several thousand
head Of stock cattle from Fort Worth to
Clarendon. Mr.. Carhart has bought $50
head at Aledo, which he will ship in a few
days.
There will be no general movement of
CRASHED beeves until the corn and cotton
seed fed cattle have been sold, and that
will be about June 10. Burk Burnett,
Cal Suggs and Dan WaggOner have g
number of grass-fed cattle which are fat
and nearly ready for market, but this is
the exception.
lew days ago Frederick Rufel, g St.
Louis butcher, was arr sted for selling
"down" hogs and the testimony was so
strong and convincing he received q jail
sentence. Ruffel had gone to the stock
yards and bought twenty-five hogs that
were unable TO stand, in fact three Of the
number were dead. He sold some Of the
meat to consumers and rendered the bal
snCe into lard. The butchers IN Fort
Worth say they propose by their Union
TO prevent such thing in this city.
The Colorado Farmer says: "Our
neighbors are indignant because of our
new quarantine laws. States where there
is no pleurO-pneumOnia cannot see why
they should be excluded. But the reason
is simple, they have no laws and are liable
a. any moment to receive Infected cattle
which will spread the disease and COM
muniCate it to other states which do not
have restrictive laws. We commend the
Governor as highly for his actions in
these matters as we condemned him for
disregarding arbOr day"
The Butchers Union of Fort Worth
lays down the following as the objects Of
the association:
/. To protect their common interests
snd those of the general public in the
matter of dealing IN, slaughtering, hand
ling and selling butchers stock and fresh
meat designed tor human food, and to see
that such stock be so slaughtered snd the
flesh so handled as to secure the highest
sanitary condition thereof for human
food.
,. To oppose by the whole power and
influence of the association the policy
and action of ali persons and organiza-
tons which disregard the public good
and endanger the health of the people by
selling for human food diseased, tainted
or otherwise unwhOIesome meat.
3. To Eoppose all monopolies and
combinations which ultimately Injure and
Cypress the people by controlling and
manipulating the market in a staple and
indispensable article of human food.